F LDAP Containers Added by Configuration Script

The Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems server configuration script adds the following empty containers under the realm DN. These containers are the default locations for data when you migrate from local files, such as /etc/passwd and /etc/group, or from a NIS database.

Table F-1 LDAP Containers Added by Server Configuration Script

Container	Use
ou=people	Stores login and password information similar to /etc/password and /etc/shadow. The objects stored here are posixAccount and shadowAccount.
ou=group	Stores group information, similar to /etc/group. Objects of the type posixGroup are stored here.
ou=services	Stores information about available services, similar to /etc/services. Objects of the type ipService are stored here.
ou=protocols	Stores information about protocols, similar to /etc/protocols. Objects of the type ipProtocols are stored here.
ou=rpc	Stores information related to remote procedure calls (RPCs) similar to /etc/rpc. Objects of the type oncRPC are stored here.
ou=hosts	Stores the host table, similar to /etc/hosts. Objects of the type ipHost are stored here.
ou=networks	Stores names of networks, similar to /etc/networks. Objects of the type ipNetwork are stored here.
ou=netgroup	Stores netgroup information in the object type nisNetwork, nisNetgroup.
ou=aliases	Stores mailgroup information in the object type mailGroup.
ou=mounts	Stores automount information.
nismapname=netgroup.byuser	Sets an NIS map containing group name, user name and host name. The username is the key in the map.